Good morning! Today marks the inauguration of the Supreme Court’s 2023-24 term as well as the onset of the October session. Each weekday, we compile a brief list of news pieces, compelling commentary, and other significant links concerning the Supreme Court. Here’s Monday, October 2nd’s curated read:
- The Supreme Court will be pondering various subjects in its newest term, including abortion pills, firearms, and social media, as explained by Nina Totenberg in her article, Supreme Court to consider abortion pills, guns, social media in its new term published on NPR.
- In an article by Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow for The Washington Post titled For Supreme Court, ethics have become the elephant in the courtroom, the increasingly discussed topic of courtroom ethics for the Supreme Court is probed into.
- John Kruzel, in his piece for Reuters, highlights some of the significant challenges that are on the horizon for conservative U.S Supreme Court in its new term, in the article Major tests await conservative US Supreme Court in new term.
- Martin Pengelly’s report for The Guardian, titled Rightwing activist helps fund ‘predatory payday lenders’ in supreme court case details how rightwing activists are aiding predatory payday lenders in a Supreme Court case.
- The discussion over pronouns usage in schools is likely to find its way to the Supreme Court, as discussed by Kimberly Wehle in her Politico article titled He, She, They: The Pronoun Debate Will Likely Land at the Supreme Court.
This round-up was initially published by SCOTUSblog (Oct. 2, 2023, 9:48 AM by Ellena Erskine).